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Trekking into the Jungles of East Antioquia

Trekking into the Jungles of East Antioquia

Discovering Less Explored Jungles

Colombia's biodiversity can equal to 20% of the planet's total

Dare yourself to explore the incredible jungles of the east of Antioquia, which just two hours away from its capital, Medellin offers you an unforgettable experience in one of the best kept and better preserved natural reserves from this country. Its steep mountains, few roads and bushy jungle has left this area like trapped in time, and today after many decades of banning due to the conflict we finally have the possibility to enjoy it.

This jungle area of Antioquia is one of those last mega-biodiversity refuges barely studied by the science in this country, as Von Humboldt Institute has catalogued it recently, they only started investigating it this 2017. Its steep mountains that can vary between 1000 to 3100 meters above the see level passing through many thermal floors and types of forests even until Paramo with its unique type of vegetation, carved by clean and green colour rivers and waterfalls, that invites us to enter into its wide richness and pristine waters, that even for a very long part of their courses does not surfers from erosion, due to the few and scattered existence of farmers in the surrounding area.

This area allows us to explore at least three main trails that we can configure in several ways depending of what you will like to do. We can explore these ones between 2 to 5 days doing trekking or by horseback riding, sleeping at the local´s houses along the trail. Each hike can take us between 9 to 17 Kms per day with an unevenness range of 300mts until 1300mts of ascending. This adventure is for active and adventurous people, which will have experience in multiday trekking trips. We will cross very muddy trails. The weather is wet (above 80%), hot (At the day around 30 C° and at night around 20 C°. Is required to have international insurance as well as yellow fever vaccination certificate.

San Francisco

Santo Domingo River

Melcocho River

Arrieros

La Vieja Mountain

Murringo Road

Green Rivers

Sonsón Paramo

Wild Life

Antioqueña Jungle

San Francisco

Melcocho River

La Vieja Mountain

Green River

Sonsón Paramo

Antioqueña Jungle

Santo Domingo River

Arrieros

Murringo Road

Wild Life

We will Take you to:

  •  Explore the dense and preserved jungles of eastern Antioquia in the area between San Francisco, Sonsón, Argelia and Carmen de Viboral. These zones were once off limits to civilians in the past because they were in the middle of the conflict with guerrillas like the FARC.
  • Enjoy the crystalline and green waters of rivers such as the Melcocho, the Santo Domingo, the Verde, among others.
  • Learn about the Antioquian traditions of muleteers of the peasants when traveling between mountains.
  • Learn about the stories of the Colombian conflict through the jungles of Antioquia from the hand of local expert guides.

 

Duration:

3 days

Season:

All year

Accommodation:

Basic in farms or camping

LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




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LEVEL ACTIVITY

Journey Type

Tourist:  This trip is for relaxing, having fun or both. The type of activities included do not require any sort of physical preparation. It is available for all types of people and all ages.

Sportive-Active: These types of trips are more physically demanding. You need to be mentally and physically prepared for long range routes of some sort of adventure sport. You should be in good physical shape.

Active: This type of journey means a certain type of physical effort as well as physical preparation is needed. This is the first of the Active levels, so only basic and low physical preparation is required.

Expedition: Adventure trips which require varying physical levels of fitness. They are only suitable for well-prepared people, and you may face some uncertainness due to time or weather in the trip location.  Some situations will require mental as well as physical strength.

Activity Level

1 For people with physical disabilities.

2 For people who have never done any sort of physical exercise. 

3 For people who have done some exercise in the past but may have spent the last 2 years not moving a finger. 

5 For people who exercise every month of the year but not necessarily with great regularity. People with good health and travelling experience.  You will face every day activities which require average physical effort, such as short treks, or other types of activity which are not longer than 2 to 3 hours a day during the trip. 

5: Para personas que hacen ejercicio todos los meses pero que no necesariamente tienen una continuidad o una exigencia alta, con buena salud en general, experiencia viajando. Pueden enfrentar actividades con esfuerzo físico todos los días, pero en lugares sin pendientes, o trayectos cortos, que no pasen de 3 horas al día de actividad durante el viaje.

 

6 For people who like to do exercise, even with some discontinuity during the year, and are in good physical shape and good health. Those who have travelling experience, as well as camping experience. You can face 17kms (11Milles) hikes in one day, and changes in altitude of 800mts (265Ft) height at least once a week.

 

7 For people who exercise 3 to 4 times a week, are in good physical shape, have experience in adventure sports, as well as experience of camping for periods of 3 to 5 days. You can face a 20km (12mile) hike every day for 4 days with changes in altitude of 900mts (290Fts) or more. You know your rhythm, as well as how your body performs in difficult weather conditions. 

8 The same characteristics as 7, plus technical knowledge of some adventure sports.  

9  For specialized professional sports people. Routes carefully designed for high performance. Only by request.  




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